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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, charities, civilian effort, emblems, military suffering, supernatural events, women / womens work, wounded / disabled, allegory, animals, health / safety Description: whole: the image occupies the centre, held within a black border. The title is separate and positioned in the upper third, in green. The text is separate and positioned in the lower two-thirds, in green and in red. All set against a white background. image: a dragon crawling over a globe is stabbed in the head with a dagger by a Red Cross nurse. text: ITALIAN RED CROSS THE PIONEER RED CROSS SOCIETY OF THE WORLD THE IDEA OF THE RED CROSS ORIGINATED IN 1848 WITH DR. FERDINANDO PALASCIANO, OF CAPUA, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING SHOT FOR HAVING TAKEN CUSTODY OF THE WOUNDED. B. CASCELLA L'ITALIA fa valere colla armi [sic] il suo buon DIRITTO VIVA IL REGINO D'ITALIA Argus Co ITALY HAS SUFFERED TERRIBLY IN THIS WAR FROM THE RUTHLESS AND DIABOLICAL METHODS OF THE ENEMY. THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF HER GALLANT SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH TUBERCULOSIS AND ARE UNDER TREATMENT BY THE RED CROSS. THE GREAT ITALIAN RED CROSS DAY IS SATURDAY, SEPT. 21st REMEMBER IT! ARGUS CO., CAPE TOWN - 3711 [Italy asserts its right by means of arms! Long live the Kingdom of Italy!] Object: globe, knife | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cascella, B Printer: Argus Co Ltd, Cape Town Publisher/Sponsor: Italian Red Cross Society | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2959... | Go to resource |
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